The Mauro Colagreco Dinners

Mauro Colagreco at Mirazur

The Mediterranean meets the Pacific Coast as David Kinch welcomes Chef Mauro Colagreco of restaurant Mirazur as guest chef at Manresa. Mauro Colagreco is the chef de cuisine of Mirazur, a modern four-level restaurant set in a cliff-top lemon grove in Menton on the Côte d’Azur, where the French Riviera meets the Italian coast. Chef Colagreco earned his first Michelin star in 2007, and is poised for another. Last year Gault Millau, the influential French restaurant guide, named Mirazur newcomer of the year, Révélation Gault Millau de l’Année. Chefs Kinch and Colagreco share a common sensibility—ultra fresh cuisine defined by the unique regions, or terroir, of their restaurants. Both chefs cook from their gardens and share an affinity for beautiful presentations that showcase their pristine ingredients. Born in the La Plata province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Colagreco traveled throughout Latin America before arriving in Paris to cook with the finest chefs; Bernard Loiseau at La Côte d’Or, Alain Passard at L’Arpège, Alain Ducasse at Plaza Athénee, and Guy Martin at Le Grand Véfour.

Please join us for this rare culinary event when Kinch and Colagreco cook together for two special evenings. We are accepting reservations for the Mauro Colagreco Dinners for the evenings of Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20. The eight-course dinners are $195 per person, exclusive of wine, tax, and gratuity. Two sommelier-selected wine pairings will be available. Open seating begins at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Reservations are now available by calling Manresa at 408.354.4330.

Views from Mirazur of the Mediterranean and Menton on the Côte d'Azur

The Citrus Modernista Dinner

David Kinch presents the Citrus Modernista Dinner, a once-a-year celebration of local, California Coast citrus. Chef Kinch harvests extraordinary varieties of citrus including Mandalo and Ruby Red grapefruit, Kalpi lime, Kishu mandarin, Vangassay lemon, calamondin, yuzu, Mexican lime, and Indio Mandarinquat from a private citrus farm, where they are grown in the sunlight and clean air of the Santa Cruz Mountains, just a few miles from the Pacific Ocean. Please join us for this special six-course dinner on the evening of Tuesday, February 26. Open seating begins at 5:30 p.m., with the last seating at 9:00 p.m. Two wine pairings selected by sommelier Jeff Bareilles will be available. The Citrus Modernista Dinner is $140 per person, exclusive of wine, tax, and gratuity. Reservations are available now by calling 408.354.4330.

Pebble Beach Food & Wine

Join David Kinch for the first annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine, March 27-30. The four-day celebration will bring together 35 of today's most prominent chefs and 200 acclaimed wineries from around the world. Events will include wine-pairing dinners, cooking demonstrations, vertical tastings, a sommelier challenge with blind tastings by master sommeliers, and a rare-wine auction and dinner. Activities will take place at venues throughout the Pebble Beach Resorts, located along scenic 17-Mile Drive overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Friday, March 28, 12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
A Celebration of France (Club XIX)
Join Daniel Humm from Eleven Madison Park in New York, Hubert Keller from Fleur de Lys in San Francisco, Ressul Rassallat from Club XIX at Pebble Beach, and Kendra L. Baker, Pastry Chef, Manresa, for a four-course trip through France. Each course will be paired with phenomenal French wines.

Friday, March 28, 6:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
The Lexus Rare Wine Auction & Dinner (The Beach & Tennis Club)
The Lexus Rare Wine Auction & Dinner will be the most exclusive event of the weekend. Join six chefs including: Thomas Keller, Michelin 3-Star of The French Laundry, Gerard Boyer from Les Crayères, Philippe Legendre from Le Cinq in Paris, Alain Passard Michelin 3-Star chef of L'Arpège in Paris, David Kinch, Michelin 2-Star chef of Manresa in Los Gatos, and Claire Clark, pastry chef of The French Laundry. During dinner, partake in an exclusive internationally attended rare wine auction. Bid against an international audience while enjoying the finest food and wine pairing the weekend has to offer.

Saturday, March 29
Grande Finale Dinner (The Ballroom of The Inn at Spanish Bay)
Join some of the country's best chefs, Josiah Citrin, Michelin 2-Star chef of Melisse Restaurant in Los Angeles, Rick Tramonto, 5-Star Relais & Châteaux from Tru in Chicago, Michael Mina Michelin 2-Star from restaurant Michael Mina in San Francisco, David Kinch, Michelin 2-Star chef of Manresa in Los Gatos, and Sherry Yard, executive pastry chef for Wolfgang Puck worldwide, for a once in a lifetime five-course splurge, paired with five of the weekends most exclusive wines.

To purchase tickets or for more information, visit Pebble Beach Food & Wine or call 1-866-907-FOOD (3663). Please note that Manresa does not sell tickets.

Grow Better Veggies

Cynthia Sandberg of Love Apple Farm writes about Romanesco broccoli and all of the incredible vegetables that she grows for Manresa. Visit her new blog, Grow Better Veggies, which chronicles the daily events and revelations of her biodynamic farm.